Vehicle-wheel.



H. G. TUCKER.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 1, 1909.

' 992,0 5 Patented May 9,1911.

.ZZZZZ'IgTwfiW? ROLLING G. TUCKER, OF HEREFORD, TEXAS.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

. Specification 01' Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1911.

Application filed December 7, 1909. Serial No. 531,831.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HoLLINc G. TUCKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hereford, in the county of Deaf Smith and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Vehicle-Vheel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vehicle wheels of that type particularly designed for use in connection with automobiles.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an express wheel the parts of which are so constructed and assembled as to prevent the rim from moving out of line with the hub without, however, rendering the device bulky or unattractive.

A further object is to provide a wheel which is simple in construction, which is sufficiently resilient to render it an etlicientsubstitute for a wheel equipped with a pneumatic tire, andwhich hassprings so shaped as to prevent them from snapping ofi w en subjected to sudden jolts.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accom anying drawings the preferrcd form 0 shown.

In said drawings,'-Figure 1 is a side elevation of the wheel. section through the hub thereof and showing the adjoining portionsot the spring strips. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the hub with the base plate removed. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a portion of the rim showing the cars thereo v .Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a sleeve constituting the middle portion of the hub of the wheel, this sleeve being provided with an annular flange 2 from the periphery of which extends a lateral rim 3 provided'at regular intervals with slots 4:. A face plate 5 is designed to be clamped upon the rim 3, the bolts 6 used for this purpose being extended through the flange E2 and theface plate 5 at points between the slots 4 and the center of the hub. These bolts constitute means for attaching the springs of the wheel to the hub, said springs being each formed with a central eye 7 through which a. bolt 6 extends and there being outwardly diverging the invention has been arms 8 extending f om each eye and merg- Fig. 2 is a transverse ing into oppositely extending alining ter1ninal portions 9. An eye 10 18 formed at the free end of each of these terminal portions.

and is seated between a pair of cars 11 formed.

upon the inner face of the wheel rim 12, there being pivot bolts 14 or the like extending transversely within the cars 11 and constituting means for securing the eyes 10 in place. It is to be understood of course that the diverging arms 8 of each spring are arranged within one of the slots -l.-

As shown especially in Fig. 2, each spring is of flat metal and by reason of the peculiar connections between the middle and end portions of each spring and the hub and rim it will be seen that the rim will be held under all conditions in line with the'hub. When the wheel is subjected to a load the springs will all be shifted out of their normal positions, those portions thereof at the sides -of the line of pressure being bowed while the springs in line with the pressure will be shifted downwardly in the direction of the rim, the diverging arms 8 thereof spreading apart to a slight extent-during the rim and rupturing of the spring will.

thus be prevented.

It will be seen that the .wheel is very simple in construction. that the parts can be readily assembled, and that the springs not only serve to render the wheel suiliciently elastic, but also hold the rim and hub in line under all conditions.

Various changes can of course be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Whatis claimed is:

A spring wheel including a rim, spring spokes each having an intermediate eye, all of said springs being arranged in the same plane, arms diverging from the eye, and oppositely cxtcndin 1r normally alining terminal portions pivola ly connected to the rim, the tcrminal portions of adjacent spokes con verging toward the rim, and a hub including a sleeve, an annular flange thereon, a rim upon one face of the flange and having recesses for the reception of the arms of the spokes, those portions of the flange between t c recesses constituting means for spacing In testimony tht I claim theforegoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HOLLING G. TUCKER.

and bracing the spokes, a face plate bearing upon the rim, and fastening devices extending through the face plate and flange and through the eyes, said devices constituting r means for holding the parts of the hubs \Vitnesses:

together and for securing the spokes within ARETAS KANE,

the hub. E. RENFRO.

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